Socrates
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Greekphilosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Plato's dialogues are among the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity, though it is unclear the degree to which Socrates himself is "hidden behind his 'best disciple', Plato"...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
philosophical life-is unexamined-life
An unexamined life is a life of no account.
philosophical knows one-thing
I only know one thing, and that is I know nothing
philosophical envy neighbor
The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.
war philosophical greed
Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires.
philosophical tyranny short-lived
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.
philosophical definitions term
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
philosophical artist feminist-art
The only thing I know is that I know nothing
philosophical rivers sea
See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all.
philosophical might idle
They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.
believe philosophical hands
The uninitiated are those who believe in nothing except what they can grasp in their hands, and who deny the existence of all that is invisible.
hurt philosophical hurt-me
Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me.
philosophy philosophical married
Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself.
appear experience honor human increase practice reality shortest strengthen surest themselves virtues
The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.
ashamed care caring fame improvement money neither nor truth wisdom
Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?